November 16, 1509 Earthquake: Edirne, Turkey

Date

November 16, 1509

Place

Edirne, Turkey

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

41.700° N, 26.600° E

Country

Turkey

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• September 10, 1509, Istanbul, TurkeyM7.7 · 5,000 deaths · 1,700 houses destroyed · 160 km
• August 9, 1912, Marmara Sea, TurkeyM7.2 · 2,800 deaths · 24,700 houses destroyed · 116 km
• March 18, 1953, Yenice, Onon, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,070 deaths · $3.6 million · 191 km
• April 14, 1928, Chirpan, BulgariaM6.8 · 127 deaths · 74,750 houses destroyed · 121 km
• June 18, 1953, Edirne, Turkey37 deaths · 42 km
• July 11, 1690, Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey20 deaths · 160 km
• January 4, 1935, TurkeyM6.4 · 5 deaths · 140 km
• July 5, 1983, NW, Biga, Erdek, Istanbul, TurkeyM6.1 · 5 deaths · 162 km
• December 7, 1986, Veliko Turnovo-Turgovishte, BulgariaM5.6 · 3 deaths · $5 million · 184 km
• May 24, 2014, Greece, TurkeyM6.9 · 3 deaths · $4.5 billion · 187 km
• September 26, 2019, Istanbul, TurkeyM5.7 · 1 death · 159 km
• February 9, 1893, Samothraki, GreeceM6.5 · 1 death · 162 km
• 282 BC, Lysimachia, Turkey85 km
• February 20, 2006, Greece-Bulgaria Border RegionM4.6 · 88 km
• May 3, 1928, Western, TurkeyM4.3 · 101 km

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Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 672.